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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Learning Curve.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Facing his lack of artistic talent might mean
(a) Sobering up and moving on.
(b) Needing more drugs.
(c) Admitting his father was right.
(d) Learning a new trade.

2. What passion does Sedaris' father attempt to share with his children?
(a) His love of jazz.
(b) His love of guitar.
(c) His love of North Carolina.
(d) His love of quartets.

3. Miss Sampson attempts to illustrate Sedaris' speech problem by
(a) Insisting Sedaris only use 's' words.
(b) Over enunciating her 's' sounds.
(c) Asking the rest of the class to comment on it.
(d) Making fun of his lisp at every opportunity.

4. Lou Sedaris busies himself
(a) Tanning.
(b) Chatting with fishermen.
(c) Working equations in the sand.
(d) Smoking.

5. Sedaris wonders at the way Paul and his father
(a) Communicate so well.
(b) Avoid one another.
(c) Have learned to endure one another.
(d) Continue to live under the same roof.

Short Answer Questions

1. The title Sedaris tried to win for sun-bathing was

2. What instrument does Sedaris' father choose for him?

3. Ironically, Sedaris and his siblings mock the fisherman's tan skin because

4. The name "Rooster" came from

5. Sedaris' mother might be described as

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